Innocent Man
Escape from Deceit: Innocent Man's Journey
Lyrics
Where will you go
Expressing a sense of uncertainty about the future or destination.
When you got no place to hide
Highlighting a lack of refuge or a safe place to conceal oneself.
Where will you be
Prompting a question about one's location or state when without a hiding place.
When you got no place to hide
Reiteration of the absence of a secure hiding place.
I`m just an innocent man on the run
Self-identification as an innocent individual in a state of escape.
I`m just an innocent man
Reaffirming the innocence of the speaker while on the run.
All this time I thought it was me
Reflection on a past belief that the issue was the speaker's fault.
Victimized by your trickery
Feeling deceived and manipulated by someone's cunning actions.
There I stood every day as you pointed your gun
Recalling being targeted with a metaphorical "gun" while being innocent.
At an innocent man on the run
Describing the speaker as an innocent person in a state of escape.
When you spoke those words to truth
Recognition of a moment when the truth was spoken and had a liberating effect.
It cut me free from the strings that were pulled by you
Expressing freedom from manipulative influence.
Set fire to the bridge that connected us
Metaphorically destroying the connection between the speaker and the manipulator.
And watched it burn to dust watch it burn burn
Symbolizing the destruction of the relationship and witnessing its aftermath.
CHORUS
Chorus - likely a repeated segment or a key message in the song.
Now I`m cutting all of your ties
Announcing the severing of ties with the manipulator.
Cuz all it ever was was lies
Attributing the relationship to falsehoods and deception.
Sayin all your false accusations led to our demise
Claiming that false accusations contributed to the downfall of the relationship.
I`m hearing laughter from the closet you`ve been trying to hide
Suggesting hidden laughter from a concealed truth in the manipulator's past.
And I bet those skeletons don`t lie
Anticipating that hidden secrets (skeletons) may reveal the truth.
Bet them skeletons don`t lie!
Emphasizing the reliability of skeletons as truth-bearers.
DUB BREAK:
Dub break - a musical interlude or break in the lyrics.
Got me running in the wrong
Feeling disoriented or misled, possibly due to the manipulator's actions.
Said I`m running in the wrong
Confirmation of being on the wrong path or making a wrong choice.
The wrong wrong direction
Repeating the notion of heading in the wrong direction.
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